If you're looking for music for an action film, you may want to check out this track listing. This music can be orchestral, or more techno- or rock based -- or sometimes even a combination of these styles -- and is highly suitable for crime capers, get-away scenes, car chase, running for your life, that kind of thing. Often combining high tempo rhythms with staccato, sometimes dissonant, musical compositions, these track carry a sense of stress, danger, urgency and desperation.
A huge sounding drum and percussion section plays a tense and epic chase or running scene. This track has an enourmous sound and also a slightly tribal/jungle vibe. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Positive dubstep / electro feel tune with club drums and synthesizers. Great quality track that resembles top electronic artists. Positive melody changes up to a dirty dubstep drop with a gritty distorted bass. At 01:00 the track drops into a nasty, gritty Dubstep part. Final drop hits a clean four to the floor beat that will please any clubber. Good for club scenes, dance scenes, car commercials and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
This track opens with a low cello that sets the tone for a serious and dark theme. Strings that keep rising accompanied by huge orchestral hits that build to a massive drop at about 01:00 that will crush your audience. Truly angry drums in the main drop are heavily distorted and slow but with a very big impact. Good for movie and video game trailers, extreme sports and fight scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Intense and powerful Heavy Metal track with huge influence from Nu-Metal bands. Low-tuned guitar riffs and punchy drums. Great music for sports, games, radical sports, action, war, military. Aggressive and fast like a closed fist punch in your face. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 160 BPM]
Pounding funky drums and heavy guitar riffs, similar to Rage Against The Machine, but much more aggressive. Attitude and power, with lots of testosterone. Good for radical sports, teen-oriented material, explosive content and fast cars. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 95 BPM]
Gritty and distorted low-tuned guitar riff over a slow yet powerful Heavy Metal drum. Macho and confident track, good for games, cars, sports, engineering, and kick-ass stuff. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
A suspense filled orchestral piece. Its theme varies in transitioned formats from a tens and dramatic feel to a more dynamic one. Its progressive rhythm and heavy percussion on the second part makes it a really good action music, and its melancholic and melodious string section brings back the emotion on its opening part, offering a good transition from one to the other. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
An "oriental'ed" dubstep track. Aggressive and melodic, its oriental touch is given trough a catchy usage of a Duduk and Yall Tambour and its trashy side trough a rough beat and greasy bass synth. A dynamic and surprising progression that would match any sport or urban related footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
A pumped up dark and driving tune. Brimming with energy, motivation and power. This track builds nicely and will pump you up and get you ready to rock. Good for use in confrontational or competitive environments. Be it hard training, extreme sports, a shootout or all out royal rumble! Push yourself to the limit. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 89 BPM]
Sci-Fi synth leads and pads, Rockin’ low gain guitars, Bass guitar, Live drums. Female vocals yearn for alien contact and hope that they love to celebrate as much as us humans. Retro 80’s vibe in the style Blondie. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 165 BPM]
Synths, drum machines, heavy guitars, distorted bass, live drumkit. Female vocals with a Freudian slip. Heavy electro rock in the style of Garbage. Also available as an instruental version. Rowdy, indie, punk'y. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
A grand and sweeping orchestral / adventure track with a dark, mysterious side. Soprano voices and full orchestra with big percussion. Suitable for movie soundtracks, fantasy, science fiction, grand presentations, trailers and more. Strong / Valiant / Dramatic. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A rousing, dark, hair raising epic trailer theme a la Hans Zimmer. Huge horns meet action strings and full choir in a dynamic full orchestra score. A tense 'ticking clock' theme runs throughout. Available in looping, long, short and brass-free versions for ease of editing. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Crushing, pumped, mean, no-nonsense, riff-heavy, groovy, go-for-the-throat metal track with great shuffle feel. Thrilling, intense, powerful & loud! Would suit extreme sports / combat / action thriller type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 142 BPM]
An action soundtrack featuring organ, heavy electric guitars, drums and orchestra, with a big dose of vampirism and evilness thrown in. Darstardly and dark. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A tense and dark trailer-style track led by orchestra and synths while featuring electronic drums and driven guitars at points. Epic and powerful, with a clock-like pulse. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Blasting Epic orchestral percussion music. The kind you use on dramatic movie trailers. Starts with a gradual build-up pattern that transforms itself after a sudden stop. Then all hell brakes loose and some atonal orchestral elements come in, adding up to the tension built towards the end. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 140 BPM]
Punchy detuned distorted guitars and explosive, beefy drums. Ideal for extreme sports, military operations, video games, MMA, UFC and action cues. In the style of Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Pantera and Five Finger Death Punch. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
A metal track with heavy, exotic and neo classical guitar riffage. In the style of Lamb of God, Metallica, Disturbed and Dream Theater. Ideal for powerful, adrenaline, battle and action productions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 96 BPM]
A fast and aggressive anthem for adrenaline junkies and thrill seekers. Ideal for extreme sports, video games, UFC, NFL and MMA uses. In the style of Metallica, Five Finger Death Punch, Soilwork and Killswitch Engage. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 140 BPM]
A unique guitar intro builds into massive detuned guitars and syncopated drum hits. Powerful and punchy, this track is geared towards productions involving action, extreme sports, military and intense video games. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
Fast and rebellious. A building metal track to get the adrenaline flowing. The outro contains a breakdown drum tom riff that explodes into the final section. Works well in intense, adrenaline and extreme sport productions. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 172 BPM]
An ultra heavy and explosive metal track. A blend of modern breakdowns mixed with traditional metal/industrial style guitar riffs. Dissonant synth lines add drama to the mix. Geared towards productions involving extreme sports, military, intense video games, UFC, ESPN, NFL and action. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast, Very fast / 172 BPM]
A fast, intense, electro / techno track with strong influences from the 1990's synth-pop / electro / dance, as well as video games scene. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Big sounding synths that resemble a distant roar set the mood of this royalty free music track. The opening synthesizers build up to a major drop with huge drums and animal like digitized roars. The track breaks down into a wide slow moment with a melodic 80's style synth. The second drop brings even more of the bionic animal to the track building with big hits and drums. Suitable for game and movie trailers, as well as fight scenes, sci-fi and sports. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
Drum and bass style track with a dub-step flavoured bassline. It starts off with a softer style bassline wobble until the first breakdown. A sharp acid synth is introduced in the breakdown and builds to the main drop. Growly acid synth shines in the second drop, and is surrounded by edgy drums and industrial noises. An alarm like sound trails off to the end of the track. This track goes well with car chases, car commercials, extreme sports, racing, fight scenes, chase scenes etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Dark, Pensive underscore track for Action Thriller / Mystery / Horror / Sci-fi / Adventure. A Tribal / Ancient / Mystical backdrop meets with Ethereal pads and pounding percussion. Awe / Tension / Amazement / Drama. A rich, cinematic, dark sound. Available with or without the drums, and with or without the ethereal vocals. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A combination of traditional eastern instruments, orchestra and an epic percussion section. A very tense opening leads to an epic all out battle, with pounding drums, choir and orchestra going crazy. Perfect for promos, battle scenes and trailers. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 71 BPM]
Racing down the freeway, guns blazing. A huge combo of electric guitars, orchestra, choir and rock drums. Epic trailer feel, suitable for intense action or promos / trailers. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 167 BPM]
An energetic orchestral track with driving drums, percussion, and synths, for a thriller, reality show, or action or horror film. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 138 BPM]
A dark, percussive piece. Low, swelling strings and steady drums lead into an intense pulsing action cue. A hero's theme of determination. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
The intense, epic track explodes from the first beat, and only gets bigger from there. A huge wall of sound is created from the stacking of choir, massive percussion and orchestra. [Tempo: Medium / 156 BPM]
Suspenseful, mysterious strings open this dark, brooding and epic track. Choir, orchestra and rock drums combine to end this track in a massive way. Perfect for trailers, films and games. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 80 BPM]
Massive, pounding percussion with the rattle of chains. A mechanical, unnatural sound... all this and a bed of disturbing atmospheric layers makes this one heck of a scary track. Perfect for halloween, haunted houses and horror films. [Tempo: Slow / 119 BPM]
Someone is being followed as they drive towards their destiny, a final showdown. Orchestra with interesting guitar, synth and percussion layers. Perfect for a modern suspenseful film. The music gets big and epic, yet at times is also smaller in scope, intricate and suspenseful. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
A dark action piece. Heavy brass, drums, orchestra and choir suggest a frightening pursuit. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Epic orchestral theme mixed with colossal electronica beat and bass. Gigantic and massive action packed track, with a dubstep breakdown, breathtaking stutter edits and a huge choir climax near the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
This swashbuckling adventure track starts with a classical orchestral motif that evolves to an epic heroic choir theme. A breathtaking trailer riser sets up the massive climax towards the end. Inspired by cloak and dagger, pirates and lost treasures. Adventure, Action, Historical, Epic, Heroic, Orchestral. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 93 BPM]
Big drums and tiny percussion join together for this driving beat. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Gritty power rock joined by a big orchestra, synths and huge choir finish. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Drums, synths and orchestra join together for this action cue with a choir finish. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A very dark and threatening orchestral soundtrack, featuring repeating waves of foreboding, ominous, menacing swells. Highly dramatic and spine chilling. Apocalypse / Emergency. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Dark / industrial / music for dramatic trailers / cinematic / orchestral. Cinematic royalty free music track with swelling strings and a low bassline. Starts off with a slow build of violins, cello and bass. The main drop explodes with big drums and a dramatic rhythm. High pitch strings keep cutting through the track and build along with some horns to a big hit finish. This track is good for movie trailers, video game trailers, extreme sports, inspirational sports scenes of achievements, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Dark / industrial / dubstep / music for dramatic trailers / orchestral-industrial. This track opens with a strong and epic orchestral theme, then builds up to a massive dubstep hybrid drop. Processed and twisted strings combine with dubstep bass and drums. Big hit drums and growly basslines are prominent in this track. A strong brass theme opens towards the end of the track layered along with all the elements. This track is good for movie trailers, video game trailers, extreme sports, science fiction / future / armageddon. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Dark / Industrial / music for dramatic trailers / orchestral / cinematic / distorted. This track opens with a creepy ambiance with some distant screams. The distorted synth builds up accompanied by big hits and effects. The first "drop" hits with a steady rhythm and builds with string stabs. The breakdown hits with low brass and distorted synth and builds. The main drop hits with high strings, heavy hits and strong brass stabs. A dark track that will work well in movie and game trailers, scenes of violence and distress. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 65 BPM]
Dramatic trailer, highly suitable for short opening. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A mysterious, brooding opening soon gives way to an epic, dark track featuring orchestra, drums and choir. Huge climactic ending - great for trailers. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 95 BPM]
A big-beat track suited most to motorsport but works well in any high-energy scenes. A dirty, chopped guitar loop opens the track and builds up into a heavy break beat drop, with brass and synth lines introduced as the track progresses. A retro feel means this track works well for 70’s cop chases and also can be used for extreme sports and a confident feel lets it work in comedy also. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A vibrant, slightly menacing up-tempo rock / funk / breakbeat track, funky guitar riff filters up through electro dance beats and builds into a straighter, more mechanical synth break, great for sports and adventure with a sense of being in control and quite happy about it! Groovy and with live drumming, can also work well for action/chase sequences. Underscore version without repeating disco stab. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
An explosive and epic symphonic electro hybrid track. A driving blend of huge percussion with powerful orchestral brass and string melodies. Suitable for dramatic promos, trailers, montages, video games, sports, action and adventure. Something you might hear in The Dark Knight, Call of Duty, Halo, Transformers, Tron, The Avengers and Star Trek. [Tempo: Slow / 170 BPM]